Slaying The Giant | Botvinnik vs Lilienthal | Moscow 1936.

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Following the successes in international tournaments of Moscow (1925) and Moscow (1935), Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko again sought to stun the chess world and the Soviet Union with a third international event between Soviet masters and their foreign counterparts. This time, however, he conceived of a more rigorous format, with the ten players (five Soviets and five foreigners) in a double round robin competition. The lineup was impressive, with Capablanca and Lasker being invited back a third time to compete in Moscow, in addition to the previous year’s winners, Botvinnik and Flohr. The tournament was held in Moscow’s famous Hall of Columns from May 14 to June 8. Capablanca’s near flawless accuracy and superiority in the endgame proved to be instrumental in winning first prize by a full point over the future world champion Botvinnik. Lasker, who had always finished ahead of his successor to the crown in prior tournaments, started out strongly, but at 67 years of age he became fatigued more easily and his performance suffered during the second cycle. The tournament brought immense excitement and interest, both to the citizens of the Soviet Union and to the greater world at large. Capablanca’s first place was to be one of the last successes against the Soviet Chess School before the triumph of Robert James Fischer 36 years later. It was also the last hurrah for Krylenko, the founder and organizer of the tournament. He was arrested in January 1938, tried and executed later that year.

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Andre Lilienthal
Moscow (1936), Moscow URS, rd 3, May-16
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queen’s Indian Formation (A15)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cd4 7. Nd4 Bg2 8. Kg2 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc8 12. b3 Qb7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Bd4 d6 18. a4 Ne8 19. Nd5 Rc6 20. Bg7 Ng7 21. h4 Re8 22. Rc3 Nh5 23. Qd4 b5 24. cb5 ab5 25. Rdc1 Rc3 26. Rc3 ba4 27. Rc7 Qb5 28. ba4 Qe2 29. Qf2 Qf2 30. Kf2 e6 31. Nb6 Nf6 32. a5 Rb8 33. Rc8 Rc8 34. Nc8 Ne8 35. a6 Nc7 36. a7 Na8 37. Nd6 Kf8 38. e5 Ke7 39. Ke3 f6 40. Kf4 h6 41. Nc8 Kf7 42. Ke4 Kg7 43. Kd4 Nc7 44. Kc5

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